MASSENA—Three movies will be shown Thursday, July
26 at the admission-free Hawkins Point Visitors Center at the New
York Power Authority’s St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power
Project.

Thursday’s schedule, part of the Visitors Center’s
“Beat the Heat Summer Movie Days” that will continue throughout the
summer, begins at 10 a.m. with “Cars.” “Hoodwinked” will follow at 1
p.m. and “Chicken Little” at 4 p.m. All showings will be in the
Visitors Center Theater.

“Cars,” tells the story of the famous McQueen’s
travels while on his way to California for the dispute of the final
race of the Piston Cup against The King and Chick Hicks. In route,
Lightning McQueen accidentally damages the road of the small town
Radiator Springs and is sentenced to repair it. Lightning McQueen
has to work hard and finds friendship and love in the simple locals,
changing its values during his stay in the small town and becoming a
true winner.

“Hoodwinked,” updates the classic fairy tale,
Little Red Riding Hood. For this story, we begin at the end. Furry
and feathered cops from the animal world investigate a domestic
disturbance at Granny's cottage, involving a girl, a wolf, and an
axe. The charges are many: breaking and entering, disturbing the
peace, intent to eat, and wielding an axe without a license. Not to
mention, this case might be tied to the elusive "Goody Bandit" who
has been stealing the recipes of goody shops everywhere.

In “Chicken Little,” a classic fable gets fused
with “War of the Worlds.” In the small town of Oakey Oaks, young
Chicken Little struggles to live down the embarrassment of having
once thought the sky was falling. But when he gets struck again by a
hexagonal, sky-camouflaged, hi-tech doohickey, he and his friends
Ugly Duckling, Runt of the Litter and Fish Out of Water discover
that aliens are preparing to invade Earth; but since no one believed
Chicken Little the first time, why would they believe him now?

Besides enjoying the movies, visitors can sample
the array of hands-on exhibits at the $5 million Hawkins Point
facility, which presents information on such themes as Water Power
and the St. Lawrence-FDR project, Basics of Electricity and Uses of
Electricity. Another highlight is the panoramic view of the
project’s power dam from Hawkins Point.

The visitors center is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

DIRECTIONS: From Massena: Take State Route 37 east
to Route 131 (across from St. Lawrence Centre Mall), turn left and
proceed through the Eisenhower Lock tunnel. Then take the second
right onto Robinson Bay Road and continue for two miles. Turn left
onto Hawkins Point Road and follow the entrance road to the Visitors
Center.

About NYPA:

■ NYPA uses no tax money or
state credit. It finances its operations through the sale of
bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of
electricity. ■ NYPA is a leader in promoting
energy-efficiency, new energy technologies and electric
transportation initiatives. ■ It is the
nation’s largest state-owned electric utility, with 18 generating
facilities in various parts of the state and more than 1,400
circuit-miles of transmission lines.